Patrick Moroney is the new CSA convener selector having recently worked as convenor selector for the Under-19 men’s side.
The new convenor selector for South Africa’s men’s senior team is Patrick Moroney, a former national selector. On August 1, Moroney will start working. Thus, South Africa’s white-ball tour of Australia, which begins on August 10, will be his first series in command.
Since 2001, Moroney has been actively involved in the selecting process. He has experience working with the South African National Academy, rising teams, and was a candidate for the position of convenor of selectors in South Africa in 2019. After losing to Victor Mpitsang, he was given a job to work with him.
Patrick Moroney most recently served as convenor selector for the Under-19 men’s team, which included selection for the World Cup the previous year. At the competition, he selected Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Kwena Maphaka.
“His deep understanding of the game, combined with decades of experience in talent identification and selection across various levels, makes him the ideal person for the job,” Enoch Nkwe, director of national teams and High Performance, said in a statement announcing Moroney’s appointment.
Since his hiring in January 2023, coach Shukri Conrad has never had to collaborate with a selection convener. The selection panel, which was led by Mpitsang and including the captain, national coach Moroney, and others, was abolished by Nkwe at that time. The national coaches were then left to handle the task of selecting teams and squads.
Rob Walter was assigned to the white-ball role, while Conrad was given command of the Test team. Conrad made a number of surprising choices, most recently placing Wiaan Mulder at No. 3, despite the fact that Mulder now has South Africa’s greatest Test score.
During Mark Boucher’s time as South Africa’s head coach, from late 2019 to early 2023, Mpitsang and Moroney collaborated on the selection panel. Changing a winning XI during the 2022 England tour was one of the panel’s most contentious decisions. In the second Test at Old Trafford, South Africa was obliged to bat first on a challenging track after they selected a spinner to play on a seamer-friendly field following their victory in the first Test at Lord’s.